Sander Sweers has released several updated packages for the MATE 1.8 series
that addresses an assortment of bug fixes and minor updates. Some
distributions have already incorporated these updates and the others will
follow in due course. See below for the changes:

atril 1.8.1

Fixed crash when clicking empty canvas while loading

Fixed FTBFS when building with the clang compiler

Added keywords key to .desktop files

caja 1.8.2

Fixed text rendering on no background

Limit deep scount (folder contents and size) to one file system

Handle metadata key deletions

Propagate button-release event when ejecting

engrampa 1.8.1

Fixed opening files inside .rar files

Fixed possible errors with some password protected .rar files

Added keywords key to .desktop file

Updated several man pages

Do not set the selected app as the system default

eom 1.8.1

Fixed hyphen-as-minus-sign issues

Updated scrollbars when display is resized in “normal size” mode

marco 1.8.2

Fixed issues with maximized Java applications

Added _GTK_FRAME_EXTENTS hints for GTK3

mate-applets 1.8.1

Fixed file encoding

Added and updated several man pages

Updated policykit vendor URL

mate-control-center 1.8.3

Fixed typo in togglekeys-enable (a11y)

Fixed segfault with custom key bindings

Added support for metacity-2 themes in appearance capplet

Added several man pages

Added keywords key to .desktop files

Updated Marco WM name

mate-netbook 1.8.1

Fixed segfault on applet load

Added man page

mate-panel 1.8.1

Fixed “Add to Panel” context menu with multiple monitors

mate-power-manager 1.8.1

Fixed “levels is 0” warning if no kbd backlight present

Added support for upower-0.99 API

Added keywords key to .desktop file

Removed “battery recall” logic

mate-screen-saver 1.8.1

Fixed segfault in the absence of XRANDR

mate-settings-daemon 1.8.2

Replace googlemusicframe with nuvolaplayer

Updated schema to use toggle shell script

mate-system-tools 1.8.1

Fixed process liboobs errors in the callback function of mate-users-admin